Synopsis
What will power look like in the century to come? ”Imperial Great Britain may have been the model for the nineteenth century,” Richard Rosecrance writes, ”but Hong Kong will be the model for the twenty-first.” We are entering the Age of the Virtual State - when land and its products are no longer the primary source of power, when managing flows is more important than maintaining stockpiles, when service industries are the greatest source of wealth and expertise and creativity are the greatest natural resources.Rosecrance's brilliant new book combines international relations theory with economics and the business model of the virtual corporation to describe how virtual states arise and operate, and how traditional powers will relate to them. In specific detail, he shows why Japan's kereitsu system, which brought it industrial dominance, is doomed; why Hong Kong and Taiwan will influence China more than vice-versa; and why the European Union will command the most international prestige even though the U.S. may produce more wealth.
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About the Author
Richard Rosecrance is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Anticipating a different model for the world in the next century, Rosecrance, a political scientist at UCLA, sets down in advance the basic principles that will govern it. He uses simple observations and logic to paint a picture of an emerging world in which ownership of land will be less important than control over processes and services, a profound difference from the system that has dominated throughout history. Since control of land has always meant control of natural resources and thus wealth, land has been the principal focus of war. This shift away from the value of land, should, the author claims, lead to fewer violent conflicts. He predicts a lighter, more fluid system of economic intermingling among countries, as well as various forms of transnational cooperation. The "virtual state" is one in which territory is no longer the prime focus of national identity. Among countries that are moving in the direction of the virtual state, Japan and Korea are relocating production abroad and retaining services at home. Switzerland is the most virtual state in Europe, he claims. Rosecrance presents an optimistic picture ("the world is making steady progress toward peace and economic security"), but he is not so much visionary as practical, seeing a real-world model for the virtual state: the multinational corporation. This analysis will likely stand up well as a grand preliminary testament to the changing nature of civilization. Illus., tables, charts, graphs. (Nov.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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